In Memoriam:

NSL Alumnus Bob Ballow ’63 passed away in December 2022, at the age of 91. Mr. Ballow was one of our School’s most distinguished graduates. During his six decades of practice, he became nationally and internationally renowned for his skill and expertise in media labor relations.

Mr. Ballow started his law firm, King & Ballow, with Frank S. King in the late 1960s. He represented various media companies all over the country. Ballow created the Robert L. Ballow Award for Excellence in Legal Writing at NSL which is given to those who win top honors in our Rigorous Writing Exercise Program.

Longtime Nashville School of Law Professor and former Board Member Harris Abram Gilbert passed away in February at the age of 91. He taught both Agency and Property at NSL from 1963 to 1986 and served on the NSL Board of Trust from April 1993 to September 2005.

Gilbert’s generosity was prevalent throughout the legal community and here at NSL. In 2007, he created a scholarship in memory of his father, Judge Charles Gilbert, which remains available to students today.

In honor of the late Robert “Bob” Beryl Beck Sr., a 1964 Alumnus of Nashville School of Law and well-respected business leader in our community, TDOT unveiled the Robert B. Beck Sr. Memorial Interchange in February.

The sign can be seen when you travel along Briley Parkway (State Route 155) near the Gallatin Road exit, which is mile marker 14. Beck passed away in February 2021.

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Joe Marvin Chapman (1969)

Dinah L. Clark (1984)

Emery Frank Ferguson (1973)

Bobby Gene Foust (1966)

Charles Nicholas Griffith (1971)

Berry Schreve Hedrick (1987)

Dorothea Sensing Hetzel (1985)

Albert “Hale” Hooper (1961)

Nelda Faye “Sandy” Jones (1979)

Donnell J. Kelly (2007)

Robert Kirk Lee (1984)

James F. Lofton (1961)

David Earl Mead (1973)

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Samuel “Tolby” McPheron (1967)

William Dunham Miller (1991)

Peggy J. Shipe Monger (1987)

Saundra Jean Newton (2010)

Gerald David Richardson (1971)

Stephen Irwin Rogers (1978)

Harry Max Speight (1969)

John Lee Smith (1956)

Robert Daniel Travis (1982)

Barry E. Weathers (1999)

Vincent Zuccaro (1980)